AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hallatrow: What Now?
Has your motor run since the AdBlue went in? This one question decides almost everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around Hallatrow itself or out in Greyfield. Normally this is emptying and properly purging it right there in Hallatrow — and so leave the key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over when safe, then turn it off. A bigger job, then, but the same opening step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Somerset it happened.
On a Hallatrow forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Anywhere around Hallatrow, then — Texaco, Murco, or anywhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits only in that tank.
Next: resist the temptation to start it just to free up the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
At home in Hallatrow with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had gone by with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Homes just off Hart's Lane get hit as much as everywhere else.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. White Cross or Hallatrow: wherever your drive sits, that is where it gets emptied. Late-night clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Hallatrow: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond topping up, your engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Wells Road, perhaps, or the route towards Bath — a trip of under 10 miles.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then turn your motor off. Leave by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M32, under 15 miles from Hallatrow. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Let us know the distance driven when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days ago, the car was new to you. Your own car either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet was just next to the diesel. Across Somerset, no one is safe from it.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added step. Work on your vehicle often requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we turn up than after. Leave the vehicle off as the reply arrives, whether you're waiting outside Keynsham or near Holy Trinity Church Hall.
Hallatrow: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia smell hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of High Littleton CofE VC Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway out in Temple Cloud.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to your motor. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by firing up your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your key. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a better result than a run one drained.
The common ground in every Hallatrow AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever your car stands — The Old Station Inn's car park, a street by Holy Trinity, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks about the liquid, the quantity, plus if the engine has been run. Replies set the job; the quote comes on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where the motor has not been started, allow roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
We fire it up last. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our engineers go. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been noticed early. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Hallatrow itself
Hallatrow is a small village in the South West of England, situated on the riverside in Somerset, with a mix of detached housing and a population of around 528 residents. Hallatrow sits at an elevation of 88 metres, close to the nearby villages of White Cross, High Littleton, and Paulton. Hallatrow is located near the city of Bath, approximately 8.6 miles away, and is about 104.1 miles west of London. Hallatrow remains a quiet residential community with a rural character.
Hallatrow and Somerset: AdBlue drains across the area
High Littleton and Paulton get the same vans as Hallatrow, a village, along with other places over BS postcodes. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts BS39 6.
No moving is required, whether parked in the centre of Hallatrow or in a lay-by en route to Greyfield Wood, and so leave it where it is. The drain happens right there. Assuming won't help near Paulton Village Hall, close to a border or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and check.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Hallatrow or anywhere across Somerset.